PAD 5980 - Environmental Challenges and Human Security

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

This course offers an in-depth analysis of the complexity of environmental challenges to humans. Besides emphasis on climate change, students will gain an understanding of how human expansion affects their safety and security and affects the environment. In addition, this class covers issues that are related to human security, events, and processes that affect the well-being of the human race. Today due to climate change there are more displaced people than due to wars. That has significant effects on the safety and security of not only those that are displaced but those that are hosting “climate refugees” in their countries. Students will gain an understanding of how these events impact the security of the United States homeland, and what are the ways to counter them. Prer., Graduate and nondegree graduate students only. Meets with CJ 5980.